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VBNDING MACHINE.

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J. GORBETT.

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10.416,828. Patented De; 1 0, 1889.

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No. 416,828. 'Patented 1350.10, 1889.

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.IOsEPII OOEBETT, OE NEw YOEI, N. Y., `AssIeNOR To TI-IE AUTOMATIC SELLING MAOIIINE COMPANY, OE sAME PLACE.

vENDlNe-MACHINE,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,828, dated December 10, 1889.

' Application filed November 18, 1887. Renewed August 27, 1889. Serial No. 322,087. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH CORBETT, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to machines that are arranged to automatically deliver articles or packages of goods upon the deposit of a coin of predetermined value, the main objeetsof the invention being to provide for the positive locking of the delivery apparatus and to prevent the unlocking thereof except upon the deposit ofa coin of the prescribed value; and to these ends the invention consists, es-

sentially, of a locking-bar, a lug connected to a slide, and a coin-deli very apparatus by which the coin is so guided as to move the lockingbar to a position such that the lug maypass its forward edge, many other objects, however, being sought for and attained by the novel construction of parts and combinations of elements to be hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming -a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponjgdng parts in all the views. f" V i Figure 1 is a'central sectional elevation of myimproved automatic selling-machine. Fig.

2 is a sectional plan vview taken upon a line correspondingr with that of the line l a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of one .of the tumblers, the coin guiding way and the fence arranged in connection therewith being shown in section. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation taken on the broken line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail View taken on the broken .line ze of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 isa sectional detailmview taken on line yw zo of Fig. 4. Fig.

7 is afront elevation of the machine, 'parts beingbroken away. Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken on line n ou of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a sectional detail View taken on line y y of Fig. 7 Fig. 10`is a sectional view taken on line .ezfif Fig. 7, 'and Fig. 11 is a sectional detail View on line w w of Fig. 7.

In the' drawings above referred to I have represented an apparat-us. designed to deliver two species of article; but it will of course be understood that a machine might be made to deliver but a single species or several species.

In the form illustrated, 10 represents an inclosing-case, the lower portion ,of which `is closed bya door 1l, that is hinged to the base of the case, this door being provided Withra lock, of which the bolt 12 is thrown upward to engage with its keeper. The upper part of the front of the case is made up oftwo glass plates 13 and a mullion 15,- the outer edges of the plates being held in grooves formed in the inner faces of the side walls 14., while the inner edges of the plates are ing of the platesby unauthorized persons I mount a curved locking-plate 17 just within the front of the case, said plate being formed with an eye 1S, through which there is passed a rod 19, the ends of which rest 'in apertures formed in the side walls ILL. The forward edge of the plate 17 is bent, as shown at 2 in Fig. S, so as to extend over the upper edge of the glass plates when the upper port-ion of the plate is swung forward.

To the plate 17, I connecta rod 20,which eX- tends downward in a rabbet formed at one `of the inner corners of the mullion 15, the

rod being held by guides 21, as indicated in Fig. 1l, the lower end of the rod resting upon the bolt 12, the arrangement being such that when the bolt is thrown upward to lock the `door 11 the rod will be raised and the bent edge 2 of the plate 17 will be thrown over the upper edges Of the plates 13, thus preventing 'any upward movement of the plates; but

when the bolt 12 is thrown to unlock the door the forward edge of the plate 17 will be carried free of the upper edges of the plates 13,

and they Inay then be moved upward through the slots 16.

Just above the upper edge of the door 11, I mount a base-plate 22, in which there is formed atransverse slot 23, and at each side of this slot I secure upward ly-extending walls 24 and 25, that are connected by a central TOO bridge or partition 26, which bridge, however, does not extend to the upper edges of the walls. The recesses between the walls at each side of the bridge 26 form coin-receptacles e andf. At each end of the walls I mount slides 27, said slides being guided in apertures formed through the front wall of the case just above the door l1 and in other apertures formed in a flange 28, which extends upward from the rear edge of the base-plate 22, a similar [lange or plate 29 being secured tothe inner face of the front of the case and to the base-plate 22, the flanges 28 and 29 being preferably made integral with the plate 22. Intorder that the slides maybe normally held extended, as illustrated in Figs. l and 2, I arrange a spiral spring 30 in connection with each slide, said springs being coiled about forwardly-extendin g bars 31, which pass through apertured lugs 32, that are secured to the slides, one end of each spring abutting against the forward face of the iiange 28, while the other end of each spring abuts against its lug 32.

The slides 27 are provided or formed with lugs 3, and to the rear of these lugs I'mount locking-bars 34, which said locking-bars are preferably formed with slots 4 and with serrated forward edges 5, the slots of the locking bars being normally held out of register with the lugs 3 `by springs 35, which are connected to the locking-bars and bear against pins 6, that extend upward from the base-plate 22 5 ory any other form of spring than that illustrated and described could be employed to throw the locking-bars inward within slots 7, that are formed in the ends of the wallsY 24 and 25. To the inner faces ofthe slides I secure horizontal plates 36, thatare slotted transversely to form cutting-edges 37 and arms 38, which arms extend inward over the space between the walls 24 and 25. From the arms 38 there are downwardly-extending arms 40, t-he lower ends of which are bent forward to form fingers 8, that pass through the lower portions of the walls 24 and 25 and over the slot 23, that is formed in the base-plate 22.

In order that a coin of the prescribed value may be delivered to operate in connection with the apparatus hereinbefore described, I secure to the outer face of the mullion l5 a tube 4l, the lower end of whichis open, while the upper end is closed7 except for a slot- 42, which is only just large enough to permit of the introduction of the coin. Extending upward within this tube 4l, and connected to the under side cf the top thereof, is a chute 43, of which the portion that is within the tube is open at the under side, exceptwfor side flanges V44, which approach each other to an extent sufficient to support and hold acoin of the prescribed diameter and value, but which will not support a coin of less diameter than the one in connection with which the machine is to be employed, so that when a coin of smaller diameter is passed through the slot 42 it will drop downward through the tube 4l and onto a receiving-tray 45, located directly beneath the lower open end of the tube. IVithin the case the chute 43 is provided with side flanges 46, which serve to guide the coin in its downward passage to a tilting plate 47 that is provided with trunnions 48, that rest in bearings formed in side plates 49. This tilting plate 47 carries a counterbalancingweight 50, which acts to hold the forward end of a curved arm 51 against an upwardly-extending finger 52, that is connected to aspring 53, the purpose of which spring will be hereinafter explained.

At each side of the upper edge of the plate 47 there are overturned ears 54, the lower corners of which more closely approach the upper face of the plate 47 than do the upper corners, the space between said lower corners and the upper face of the plate being sulficient to just permit a coin of less thickness than that of the coin of prescribed value to pass through and downward between the ears,

such coin slipping over the plate 47 and into l a hopper 55, which is provided with side flanges 56, passing thence through the hopper, through a slot'57, formed in the baseplate 22, and downward through a chute 58, to be delivered to a tray 59, which is located beneath the door 1l; but if a coin of the pre scribed value be passed through the slot 42 it will slide downward through the chute 43 and will be caught by the ears 54 of the plate 47 and overbalance the weight 50, tilting the plate 47 to the position in which it is shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, the lower portion of the chute 43 being cut away, as shown at 60, to

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provide for this downward passage of the Y com.

To insure a discharge of the coin from the earsof the plate 47 I provide an inclinedfaced horn 6l, which, as the plate 47 tilts downward, passes through a slot or opening g, that is formed in the plate 47, and forces the coin from engagement with the tilting plate and intov a guiding-chute 62, which delivers the coin so that its lower edge will just enter the space between the walls 24 and 25 above the bridge 26, the coin being supported above the bridge by the arms 38. Vhilein'this position, if either of t-he slides 37 be forced inward against the tension of the springs 30, its arm 38 will be carried from above the space between the walls 24 and 25, and the coin, being thus unsupported at this side, will drop downward between the walls to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, and in so falling will move the locking-bar to a posi- 4tion so that its slot will be brought into register with the lug arranged inadvance of the locking-bar, thus permitting a further inward movement of the slide, the coin being upheld until the lug has fairly entered the slot of the locking-bar by the finger 8, but 'dropping through the slot 23 and into the coin-receiving box A after the finger has passed beyond the forward face of the wall 25. When the pressure upon the slide is` released, the spring IIO IZO

plate 36 will be moved so as to uncover the.l

right-hand coin-receptacle,into which the coin will then drop, displacing the right-hand locking-bar and permitting the delivery, on the further inward movement of the slide, of

an article contained in the right-hand pack-` age-receptacle-that is, as shown in the drawings, a-package of chewing-gum will be delivered; but if the left-hand slide be pushed in then in a similar manner a package of cigarettes will befdlelivered. An intending `purchaser will ythus obtain the article he desires by operating the slide next adjacent to the name'indicating the desired article.

Many forms of delivery mechanism could,

be employed in connection with the operating mechanism above described. In'the draw# ings I have illustrated two'forms of delivery mechanism, the one upon the left consisting of a segmental gear 7 O, that is pivotally mounted upon a stud 71, said stud extending upward from the base-plate. A sleeve 72,

which is rigidly connected to the gear 70, ex?

tends downward about the'stud 71 and at its lower end carries a pusher-arm 7 3, which is provided with a plate 74, that extends downward within a package -receptacle 75, the goods to be delivered bythe `machine being piledone upon the other within this packagereceptacle, as is indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 4. The teeth of the segmental gear engage with apertures formed in the slide 27, the throw of the slide in either direction being limited by spurs 76, that are ari ranged as shown in Fig. 2. Just above the base-plate 22, I mount asliding plate 77, which is formed with diagonal slots 7 8, havingextensions 79, that are parallel with the slide 27, the plate being mounted to slide on rods 80. rlothe slide 27, I secure arms S1, which are providedwithdownwardlyextendingstuds 82, that ride in the slots 78. At the rear of the plate 77 there is an outwardly-extending pro'- j ection 83, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described. Just in advance of the lower portion of the packagefreceptacle 7 5, I form an opening 84 in the front wall of the case, which opening is normally closed by a shutter 85, that is pivoted to the dang-e029 and provided with a linger 86, the inner end of which rides in a slot 87, so shaped that as the slide is forced inward the shutter will be thrown upward to clear the passage through the opening 84.

In thisparticular delivery mechanism the parts coact as follows: After the locking-bar has been moved to aposition so as to' permit the slide to be forced inward the arm 73 will be'thrown forward inthe direction of the arrow and the lowest packageof goods will'be carried forward, the shutter S5 at `this time rising abruptly to clear the passage for said package, and at the same time the plate 77 will start forward in the direction of its arrow, its projection S3 entering beneath the inner rear corner of the second package of goodsthat is, the package of goods the position of which is indicated by the letter b in Fig.` 4;' so that as the lever 73 continues to move'forvward the goods will be forced outward through through an opening in the front wall of the machine to there engage with an automatically-closing shutter 92, which shutter is ar-v ranged so that as the slide is forced forward to the position in which Ait isshown in Fig. 6 it` will drop downward, as shown in said figure;

but when the slide returns the lower edge 93 of the shutter 92 will strike against the front of the case and the shutter will be returned to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 1; To throw the shutter forward, I `provide a lever 95, that is pivotally mounted upon a stud 96 and operated bya lever 97, pivoted upon a stud 98 and provided with a pin which rides in a slotformedin the lever 95. TheA forward end of the lever 97 rides in a recess IOD 99, formed in the slide 27, so that as' theslide l is forced inward the lever will be carried in the direction of its arrow.

A shutter 85, arranged substantially as is the shutter S5, is mounted as illustrated.

To uphold the column of goods, I provide a presser-foot 100, that is mounted upon a stud 101 and guided so that it will move in a horizontal plane by any proper form of guide. This presser-foot is provided with a toe 102, which normally rests ina slot formed inthe IIO slide, so that as the slide is moved inward the Apresser-foot will be thrown in the direction vof its arrow and will be brought to bear against the second package of goods, forcing said package against the Vouter side guides 193 and thus upholding the column of goods. y

It desired, the coin-receptacle Aimight he` additionallyprotected by cleats 104,:1rranged as illustrated in Figs. 7, 9,and 10. Y

Although I greatly prefer to employakslotted locking-bar, still incertain cases I might employ anunslo'tted locking-bar and force the locking-bar bodilyaside from the path of the coin, as willbe readily understood; and although I have not illustrated or described any means for insuring a full inward 'or outward throw of the slides, still it willbe under,-

stood that the usual form of double-acting pawl might be employed, or that any other proper means for so insuring a full movement in each direction could be used in connection with my apparatus.

From the description and drawings it will be noticed that I have provided a somewhat roundabout path for the delivery of the coin to a position to trip the tumbler. This I do to prevent all tampering by means of wires, while a coin attached to a string could be used but once, owing to the -fact that as the slides are forced inward the knife-edges 37 would sever the cord, and the coin would drop downward into the coin-receptacle.

Should an intending purchaser by accident deposit two coins of the speciiied value prior to shoving in either slide, :itl is desirable that the second coin be returned to him, and it is to this end that I provide the spring 53,here inbefore referred to. This spring is pro vided with a cam-faced projection 9, which extends into the lower portion of Ythe guiding-chute 62, through a slot formed in the inner lside l said slide is manipulated to move said arm.

wall of said chute, to a position such that when a coin passes downward within the chute to rest upon the arms 3S it will press the projection toward the rear of the case and will carry the finger 52 in the direction of the arrow shown in connection therewith, and this movement of the finger will tilt the plate 47, so that the lips 54 will be carried below the lower edge of the chute 43, and consequently when the second coin is deposited it. will-pass over the plate 47 and vinto the hop` per 55, to pass thence to the tray 59.

Having thus fully described my inventioml claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In avending-machine, a coin-receptacle and a swinging locking-bar which normally rests partly within said receptacle and is displaced therefrom upon the contact of a coin entering into said receptacle, in combination with an operating-slide which is normally prevented from effective operation by'said locking-bar, said slide having a projecting arm which extends across said coin-receptacle in the path of the coin above said lockingbar, substantially as setA forth, whereby the coincannot displace said locking-bar until 2. In a vending-machine, a coin-receptacle and a swinging locking-bar, which normally rests partly within said receptacle and is displaced therefrom upon the contact of a coin entering into said receptacle, said lockingbar having a slot therein, in combination with an operating-slide which is normally prevented from being operated by said lockingbar, but which registers with said slot upon slide havin g a projecting lug whichnormally engages said locking-bar, but which-registers with said slot when said locking-bar'is dis- .placed by the contact of a coin therewith, and

said slide having a projecting arm which extends normally across said coin-receptacle in the path of the coin above said locking-bar, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a slide provided with a lug, of a locking-bar arranged in advance of the lug, a coin-receptacle, a spring arranged in connection with the slide,'and an arm connected to the slide and provided with a finger which extends beneath the coin-receptacle, all parts coacting as and for the purpose stated.

5. A vending apparatus comprising two slides, each provided with a lug, springs arranged in connection with the slides, lockingbars mounted in the paths of the lugs and provided with springs, coin-receptacles, a bridge or partition between said receptacles, arms connected to the slides and extending over the coin-receptacles, and a single coinchute leading to said coin-receptacles, as and for the purpose stated.

6. A vending apparatus comprising two slides, each provided with a lug, springs arranged in connection with the slides, looking-bars mounted in the paths of the lugs, coin-receptacles,a bridge or partition between said receptacles, arms connected to the slides and extending over the coin-receptacles, other arms also connected to the slides and provided with lingers which extend below the coin-receptacles, and .a single coin-chute leading to said Coin-receptacles, as and for the purpose stated. V

7. The combination, with a slide, of a spring arranged in connection therewith, a plate connected to the slide and provided with an arm having a cutting-edge, and a coin-receptacle over which the plate-arm eX- tends, as and for the purpose stated.

8. The combination, with a slide, of aspring arranged in connection therewith, a plate connected to the slide and formed with an arm 38 and a cutting-edge 37, an arm 40, extending downward from the arm 38, and provided with a finger 8, which extends beneath the coin-receptacle, all parts coaoting as and for the purpose stated.

In a vending-machine,a coin-receiving chute, a coin-receptacle, and mechanism actuated bya coin on the deposit thereof into said receptacle, in combination with a tilting plate which receives the coin from said coin-receiving chute and a guide-chute into which the coin is delivered by said tilting plate, which conducts the coin to said coin-receptacle, substantially as set forth.

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l0. In a vending-machine, a coin-receiving chute and a tilting plate constructed to stop the progress and be tilted bya coin of the proper thickness, but 1ou permit the onward progress of acoin of a lesser thickness, in combination with a coin-guide chute which receives the proper coin from said plate and conducts the same to the coin-actuated m'echiv anism and a returning-chute which receives coins from said tilting plate of less than the prescribed thicknessand returns them to the depositor, substantially as set forth.

11. In a vending-machine, a coin-receiving chute and a tilting plate having overturned ears, the lower corners of which approach the upper surface of said plate toa distance less than the thickness'of the'prescribed operating-coin, in combination with a coin-guide chute ,which receives the proper coin from said tiltingplate and conducts the same to the coin-actuated mechanism and a returningchute which receives coins of less than the prescribed thickness and returns them to the depositor, substantially as set forth.

12. In a vending-machine, a coin-receiving chute and a tilting plate constituting a continuation of said receiving-chute, said tilting' plate having Voverturned coin-holding ears and having a slot extending` longitudinally between said'ears, in combinationwith a coinguide chute which receives the coin from the tilting plate and conducts it Vto the coin-actu ated 'mechanism and an inclined-faced horn below said tilting plate and in the path ofthe slot therein, whereby when said plate is tilted said horn enters said slot and insures the deposit of the coin into the coinsguide chute, substantially as set forth. V y

13. A vending-machine comprisinga single coin-receiving chute, asingletilting plate provided with overturned ears arranged at the bottom of said chut-e, a single guiding-chute G2 below said tilting plate, coin-receptacles below said guiding-chute, a bridge between said receptacles, slides 27, springs arranged in connection therewith, lugs carried by the slides, looking-.bars mounted in advance of the lugs, and 'arms secured to the slides and extending over the coin-receptacles, substantially as set forth. v

14. In a vending-machine, the combination, with a coin-receiving chute, of a tilting plate provided with overturned ears mounted at the bottom of the chute and formed with a slot g, an inclined-faced horn 61, .arranged to enter the slot g, a receiving-chute, coin-receptacles below said receiving-chute, a bridge between said receptacles, slides27, springs arranged in connection therewith, lugs carried by the slides, locking-bars mounted in advance of the lugs, and arms secured to the slides and extending over the coin-receptacl es, asand for the purpose stated.

15. YThe combination, with a slide and a stantially as described.

means for locking the saine, of a plate mount' ed to slide on waysand formed with slots 7S,

v`arnis carried by the slide, and studs `extending from said arms and entering the slots 7 S,

as and'for "the purpose stated.

16. rlhe combination, with a slide formed with a rack and a means for locking the slide, of a pivotally-mounted pusher-arm provided `with a segmental gear that is engaged by the rack of ,the slide, substantiallyfas described.

17. In a vending-machine, the combination',

fwith a coin-receivingchute, of a tilting plate providedwith overturned ears arranged atthe bottom of 'said chute and formed with a slot g, an inclined-faced horn 6l, arranged to enter said slot vupon the tilting of the plate, a receiving-chute 62, a spring 53,'p`rovided with an inclined-faced projection 9, which enters the lower portion of the receiving-chute, a finger 52, extending upward from the spring 53, an arm "5l, connected to the tilting plate and arranged to bear normally against the finger 52, a hopper 55, and a delivery-chute A58, substantially as described.

18. 'In a vending-machine, a ease formed with a slotted top and grooved side walls, a panel sliding in said grooves and through IOO overturned ears arranged at the .bottom of said chute and formed with a slot g, an inclined-faced horn 61, arranged to enter said slot upon the tilting 0f the plate, a receivingchute 62, a spring 53, provided with an in-` clined-faced projection 9, which enters the lower portion of the receiving-chute, a finger 52, extending upward from the spring 53, an arm 51, connected to the tilting plate and arranged to bear normally against the linger 52, coin-receptacles e and f, a bridge 26,ar ranged between said receptacles, slides 27, arranged'at the ends of the coin-receptacles, springs, lugs, and locking-bars mounted in connection with said slides, plates 36, carried by the slides and formed with `arms 38, which extend over the coin-receptacles, and with cutting-edges 37, arms 40, which extend downward from the arms 38, fingers 8, carried by said arms and extending under the coinfre ceptacles, and parceldelivery mechanisms arranged in connection with the slides, sub- JOSEPH CORBETT. lVitnesses: v

EDWARDV KENT, Jr.,

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